Projectile



PROJECTILE.

APPLICATION FILED )UNE 3.19l9.

Patented Feb. 3, 1.920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I- C. JANES.

PROJECTILE.

APPucATioN FILED JuNeva. 1919.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

CLARENCE JANES, OF GNEDA., NEW YORK.

PROJECTILE. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

Application filed June 3, 1919. Serial No. 301,393.

To all lw/om t may concern:

Be it lmown that I, CLARENCE Janus, citizen of the United States, residing at Oneida, in the county of Madison and State of New York, have invented new and useful lImprovements in Projectiles, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

f This invention relates to a projectile, and more particularly to a projectile in which the magazine is movable longitudinally with reference to the casing.

One object is to provide certain novel means for mounting the magazine within the casing, permitting the aforesaid longitudinal movement, upon impact, this longitudinal movement effecting the operation of the firing mechanism.

A still further object is to provide a`magazine including a casing, abase portion, a nose portion, a plurality of rods extending longitudinally of the casing and between the latter and the magazine, said rods being mounted rigidly with reference to the base and with reference to the nose portion, and means projecting laterally from the magazines and slidable on the aforesaid rods, for guiding the magazine in its longitudinal movement.

A still further object is to provide, in connection with a structure of the type specified, a filling tube projecting from the magazine and slidable with reference to a filling bore formed in the base portion; and to provide resilient means for normally retaining the magazine in such position that the tiring mechanism will be inoperative.

llVith the foregoing and other objects iny view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of elements hereinafter described and claimed. y

In the drawings- Figure l is a view of the projectile partly in longitudinal section and partly in elevation,

Fig. 2 is a view chiefly in longitudinal section,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation,

Fig. e is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. l, Y

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. l,

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

The cylindrical body portion of the projectile is designated l0, the base poi-tion is shown at l2, and the nose member is designated lei. TheV base portion is provided .with a longitudinal bore slightly out of alinement with the longitudinal aXis of the base and of the shell, this bore having com munication with a recess 16 provided with undercut walls, the recess being closed by a slide 18. Movable longitudinally within the bore of the base is a lilling tube 19 rigidly mounted in the magazineand projecting through one of the heads thereof. The tube is closed by any suitable plug or the like designated 20. Y

Hthin the, forward portionV of the casing is located a plate 25 provided with a central aperture through which a headed pin 27 passes, this pin having threaded connection with the apertured portion of the plate.

and preferably four of' these elements being employed, forming cage-like construction. The rods are mounted rigidly at their opposite ends, respectively, in the base portion and in pia-te 25.

The magazine 35 carries laterally extending guiding elements 86 provided with central openings receiving the aforesaid rods 32. These guiding elements, in connection with the rods, serve to support the magazine within the casing and to permit of its longitudinal movement when impact takes place. Springs 37 surround certain of the rods and are located between the guiding elements 36 and the plate 25, the springs normally retaining the magazine in suchpo sition that the firing mechanism will be inoperative. When the magazine moves forward under impact, the springs will becompressed. Y Y The rear end of the magazine is closed by a head 40 vthrough which projects a rod al vextending centrally of the magazine, and

provided with a head Zl2 on the outer end thereof. The cap is received by the recessed portion of the rod 4l, and is of course engaged by the firing pin 30 when impact takes place.

Mounted within the bore of the head 44 of the magazine is a spring engaged by the flanged portion 30 of the firing pin. A

sleeve 47 surrounds the boss t8 oi the head last named and incloses the firing pin.

As previously intimated, the tiring pin is operated when impact takes place and the magazine moves forward, so that the tiring pin is forced into positive Contact with the pin 27 mounted in the plate 25.

l. In a projectile, a body portion, a base and a nose portion, a plurality oi. longitudi nal guiding rods Within the body and mounted in the base, forming a cage-like construction, and a magazine movable longitudinally between the guiding rods.

2. In a projectile, a body portion, a base, and a nose portion, a plurality of guiding rods extending through the body and spaced apart, forming a Cage-like construction, a

resilientlv mounted magazine movable longitudinally between the guiding rods and firing means operative upon the longitudinal movement of the magazine against the action of the resilient elements of the mounting means.

3. In a projectile, a body portion, a base, and a nose portion, a magazine movable longitudinally through the body portion, a iiring pin carried by the magazine, an element iXedly mounted with reference to the nose portion, and means normally retaining the magazine in position for holding the El ing pin out of contact with the stationary element.

ll. ln a projectile, a body portion, a base, and a nose portion, a magazine movable longitudinally Within the body, a ring pin carried by the magazine, means normally retaining the magazine in a position spaced from the nose portion, but yielding under impact or' the projectile, lateral guiding elements carried by the magazine, and stationary guiding rods cooperating with the guiding elements iirst named.

5. In a projectile, a body portion, a base, and a nose portion, a magazine movable longitudinally Within the body, guiding means for the magazine, iiring mechanism carried by the magazine, resilient means controlling the position of themagazine and holding it in position retaining the tiring mechanism inoperative, a filling tube proj eating through one end of the magazine, the base being provided with an aperture through which the tube passes, and means Vclosing the entrance of the tube, said tube being slidable with reference to the base.

In testimony whereof aijiX my signature.

CLARENCE JANES. 

